A First Valentine: Lots of Love, Little One by Sandra Magsamen

You are a gift and a blessing in every way.

I love you more and more each and every day.

Describing the love parents feel for their young child is almost impossible, but Sandra Magsamen's, Lots of Love Little One (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky, 2018), a rhyming Valentine to the youngest amongst us, is a sweetly charming way to try.

Counting the ways to describe "the depth and breadth" of a mother's or father's love takes author Magsamen into funny and fanciful comparisons--more than the twirls of all the world's dancers, more than all twinkles in the stars that shine, more than all the PB and J sandwiches ever made or strands of spaghetti served in Rome! Her illustrations, however, are simple, done in bright primary colors, of top-stitched nursery playthings, including a blue elephant mother and baby and a big red heart, making this just published little book a just-in-time gift for a first Valentine's Day.

And for older toddlers, share this one with Sam McBratney's classic story of Little Nutbrown Hare and Big Nutbrown Hare's best-selling can-you-top-this tale, Guess How Much I Love You, also available in a set of book and an adorable plush Little Hare toy, Guess How Much I Love You: Deluxe Book and Toy Gift Set.